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Answer True or False

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1. Healthy breasts can feel lumpy?

2. Changes to the outside of the breast can indicate a change within it?

3. If I find a lump in my breast and the mammogram results are negative, it's nothing to worry about?

4. As you age, your risk of developing breast cancer increases.

5. All breast lumps are cancerous?

6. Breast cancer is most common in women with a family history of breast cancer?

7. The composition of a healthy breast changes after menopause?

8. Women without breast cancer symptoms don't need mammograms?

9. Women with small breasts are less likely to have breast cancer?

10. It's important to examine your breasts two to three times monthly?

11. A breast injury can cause breast cancer?

12. Your best plan for breast care is a 3-part program of monthly breast self-exams, clinical exams and mammograms on schedule?

 

1. Correct answer - True
Lumpiness is not a cause for concern as long as it is normal for your breasts.

2. Correct answer - True
Dimpling, puckering, flattening, indentations and other changes seen on the outside of the breast may indicate a problem within the breast.

3. Correct answer - False
A small percentage of breast cancers are not detected by mammography. Any lump in your breast requires further examination.

4. Correct answer - True
Most breast cancers occur in women over the age of 50, and the risk is especially high in women over 60.

5. Correct answer- False
More than 80% of all breast lumps discovered are not cancerous.

6. Correct answer - False
Although a family history of breast cancer puts you at a higher risk, 80% of the women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history of the disease.

7. Correct answer - True
Following menopause, the amount of fibrous tissue in a woman's breasts decreases and the amount of fatty tissue increases.

8. Correct answer - False
In its earliest and most treatable stage, breast cancer often causes no symptoms. It's critical that women, including those with no symptoms, follow through with regular mammograms, as well as monthly breast self-exams and regular clinical exams.

9. Correct answer - False
Breast size has nothing to do with a woman's vulnerability to cancer or other breast disease.

10. Correct answer - False
It is necessary to examine your breasts once a month - at the same time in your cycle. The key is to know what your breasts normally feel like so you can spot any variations from the norm.

11. Correct answer - False
There is no evidence that an injury to the breast can cause cancer. An injury may, however, result in certain conditions that can appear as lumps. An injury can also make you more aware of your breasts and more likely to notice any unusual changes.

12. Correct answer - True
Your best plan for breast care is a three-part program for monthly breast self-exams, plus clinical breast exams and mammograms on schedule.